I don't know if it was the guy shown in the video with him who advised him to wear that "magic suit" as JRuss calls it. Plastic sweat suits are known to be the wrong way to try to lose weight. In the video he's wearing a plastic top and bottom, then another regular hooded sweat shirt over the plastic one. Plastic doesn't allow your sweat to evaporate. Any weight loss is just water loss, and the water is replaced as soon as you drink anything. Plus, it's unhealthy because you can overheat and possibly even get heat stroke. Read the article on it:

I don't know if it was the guy shown in the video with him who advised him to wear that "magic suit" as JRuss calls it. Plastic sweat suits are known to be the wrong way to try to lose weight. In the video he's wearing a plastic top and bottom, then another regular hooded sweat shirt over the plastic one. Plastic doesn't allow your sweat to evaporate. Any weight loss is just water loss, and the water is replaced as soon as you drink anything. Plus, it's unhealthy because you can overheat and possibly even get heat stroke. Read the article on it:

we tailgate with these guys! They mention the tailgate party in the video when they say, "take a sip of apple pie from The Bad Boys of Barbecue". That's a reference to a drink that Kingsford Kirk makes...an alcoholic drink that tastes just like apple pie!

Zennie66 predicts that Terrelle Pryor will start by his 3rd year with Raiders. He thinks this signing was "a smart move" by Raiders. In this video he analyzes Pryor's throwing and running ability. He also talks about Pryor's ability to learn and absorb the NFL system.

I was encouraged by the one fact that he has run a pro-style offense at Ohio St.I just watched a highlight reel and I hate to admit it, but at his height with his agility, stiff-arm and speed he looks like a young Randall Cunningham. I'd still make him a receiver ala Hines Ward, a former QB also . But they say he's going to play QB. We'll see if we have 4 QBs on the roster opening day.

Zennie66 predicts that Terrelle Pryor will start by his 3rd year with Raiders. He thinks this signing was "a smart move" by Raiders. In this video he analyzes Pryor's throwing and running ability. He also talks about Pryor's ability to learn and absorb the NFL system.

Note: For those who could not sign up in time for the trophy league, we are still taking signups for a 2nd fantasy league. The top 3 finishers in the 2nd league will automatically move up into the Trophy League next year. The bottom 3 finishers in the Trophy League will move down the the 2nd league. Sign up for the 2nd league on our Fantasy Football board. Here's a link:

If you don't have time to watch all these videos, at least check out the first onewhen we first met Keith and Dave in Oakland. Before we were tailgating with Kingsford Kirk and the Bad Boyz of BBQ (http://badboyzofbbq.com/)

We were tailgating out of the back end of Greg's little yellow Scion car. Check it out. It's the first link:

Bills @ Raiders 10/23/05. This is the day we first met Crusader Raider Keith Smith, Big Dave Chapman, and his brother Richard.....when they began their annual crusade to Oakland from London to see the Raiders. On this day, the Raiders defeated the Bills 38-17.

http://youtu.be/d8J2o76d2fw added to YouTube on 11/14/09Road trip to Seattle for the Monday night game against the Seahawks. Keith and Dave made the trip from England. Also there were Dave's brother Richard and Keith's brother John. Raider Nation took over the New Orleans restaurant a few blocks from Qwest field for a great pregame party.

http://youtu.be/aEiZI5MG620 added to YouTube on 11/17/07Keith, Dave, and Richard from London to Oakland for the Bears game on 11/11/07. This is the day that Raider Greg first referred to Richard as "an animal". Also Gorilla Rilla and more.

http://youtu.be/C3ytghsJ0wE added to YouTube on 11/25/07Keith and Dave in Oakland for the Panthers game on 11/9/08. On the way home to London Keith stopped off for the Raiders @ Miami game the following Sunday on 11/16/08. Raider Greg chats with Adam from the UK, who sold his apartment in London, left his job and girlfriend, so that he could attend 36 NFL games in 17 weeks. See his story at http:/www.adamsfootballtrip.com

http://youtu.be/87XSPlBrJZc added to YouTube on 11/12/09Chiefs @ Oakland on 11/15/09 with Keith and Dave. We also hear from the HAZMATBOYZ ("Don't Even and "Raider Raspect"), a local hip-hop group who currently has a Raiders song out entitled "Total Eclipse". Keith tries rapping a few verses with the Hazmat Boys. See their music video here: http://youtu.be/gC04uRIKl0E

http://youtu.be/LVR9sjfHnaw added to YouTube on 11/26/09Greg's wife Charmaine "the Charmaniac" takes over Raider Greg's microphone to recognize Big Raider Dave Chapman and Keith for everything they do to support the Raiders. This video was filmed at the Oakland Coliseum on 11/15/09 at our tailgate party prior the Raiders hosting the Kansas City Chiefs. Also shows a little footage from the Biletnikoff Crabfest 2009 that was filmed on 11/13/09 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon, Ca.

http://youtu.be/QGRS3Wt-8Hs added to YouTube on 2/3/10Raider Nation Videocast - Episode 61. The Raiders won this game 23-20 on November 7, 2010. "Crusader Raider" finally meets "RaiderWilde" from Australia as they poke a little fun at each other. Also Raider Steve from Las Vegas and his Raider fan friends from Japan.

http://youtu.be/G97nim6yp4U added to YouTube on 12/14/10Our latest video with Keith and Dave filmed in London in April 2011. This is Raider Nation Videocast Episode 64. Look for part two of this trip in the upcoming Episode 65.

Whoa....you're absolutely right Robert. I guess I had that stat pretty well screwed up (hope Greg doesn't read this!) I'll go back and fix it in my original post. Thanks.

P.S. Help me with the rules....the ball bouncing off of Frenchy Fuqua made Franco Harris' reception illegal? The ball can't bounce off of one offensive player and be caught by a guy on the same team? Is that the way it works. (now I'm embarrassing myself even more with my ignorance).

the rule was that two offensive players couldn't touch the pass. if the ball had bounced off tatum, or both tatum and fuqua, then harris could have caught it. but if it only hit fuqua, then another steeler couldn't catch it.

i just started reading the book "badasses" and the author talks about that play, saying the video of the endzone shot has been lost. but if you google "immaculate reception," you'll find the video on youtube.

43 seconds into the clip, they show the endzone shot and you can see that the ball hits fuqua and not harris. or at least that's how it appears in the tiny video. i remember watching this on my DVR, with a better picture, and it's pretty obvious the ball hit fuqua and not tatum.

but what a stupid rule. who cares if the ball hits one offensive player ... why even make that rule in the first place?

Here is a classic video that was posted on YouTube this week. The 1973 AFC Championship Game between the Raiders and the Dolphins, played on December 30, 1973.

Doesn't that seem weird? The AFC Championship Game on December 30th? It's because there were only 14 games in the season. The regular season ended on December 14th that year.

This video (split up into 4 YouTube videos) doesn't show the entire game, but it isn't a highlight film. It's parts of the game, as the game was actually broadcast....with the entire intro...including the old NBC Sports NFL theme music. Really brings back memories. I was almost as young as Juan then!

In the intro, they said a lot of people were calling this "the REAL SUPERBOWL"....that the Dolphins and Raiders were the two best teams in the NFL. They said that earlier in this 1973 season, the Raiders had ended a Dolphins 18 game win streak. Remember, the Dolphins won back to back Superbowls in '72 and '73 (and lost in the '71 Superbowl to the Cowboys)......so the Dolphins were the defending Superbowl champions coming into this AFC Championship game with the Raiders...following the Dolphins perfect 17-0 season in '72.

Thank you Randy! These pre-date my Raiderhood (I was 2 yrs old) but I love to see our legends on film. These were the guys who drew me in as a kid and to see them play in this era is very special. I 'ripped' them before they take em' down!Thank you again!And BTW, sorry to see some of Raider Mike's vids get zapped by YT and the NFL

Although the Raiders ended up losing this game, and the Dolphins went on the win their 2nd consecutive Superbowl, the Raiders got revenge the following year in '73 by knocking the Dolphins out of the playoffs....only to come up short of the Superbowl themselves due the "immaculate reception" in the '74 AFC Championship game....and the Steelers went on to win their first Superbowl.

Didn't the Immaculate Deception happen in 1972? In a divisional playoff game? The Raiders lost to the Steelers (even though the endzone camera shot clearly shows the ball bouncing off Fuqua), and then the Steelers lost to the Dolphins in the AFC Championship.

Whoa....you're absolutely right Robert. I guess I had that stat pretty well screwed up (hope Greg doesn't read this!) I'll go back and fix it in my original post. Thanks.

P.S. Help me with the rules....the ball bouncing off of Frenchy Fuqua made Franco Harris' reception illegal? The ball can't bounce off of one offensive player and be caught by a guy on the same team? Is that the way it works. (now I'm embarrassing myself even more with my ignorance).

Although the Raiders ended up losing this game, and the Dolphins went on the win their 2nd consecutive Superbowl, the Raiders got revenge the following year in '73 by knocking the Dolphins out of the playoffs....only to come up short of the Superbowl themselves due the "immaculate reception" in the '74 AFC Championship game....and the Steelers went on to win their first Superbowl.

Didn't the Immaculate Deception happen in 1972? In a divisional playoff game? The Raiders lost to the Steelers (even though the endzone camera shot clearly shows the ball bouncing off Fuqua), and then the Steelers lost to the Dolphins in the AFC Championship.

Here is a classic video that was posted on YouTube this week. The 1973 AFC Championship Game between the Raiders and the Dolphins, played on December 30, 1973.

Doesn't that seem weird? The AFC Championship Game on December 30th? It's because there were only 14 games in the season. The regular season ended on December 14th that year.

This video (split up into 4 YouTube videos) doesn't show the entire game, but it isn't a highlight film. It's parts of the game, as the game was actually broadcast....with the entire intro...including the old NBC Sports NFL theme music. Really brings back memories. I was almost as young as Juan then!

In the intro, they said a lot of people were calling this "the REAL SUPERBOWL"....that the Dolphins and Raiders were the two best teams in the NFL. They said that earlier in this 1973 season, the Raiders had ended a Dolphins 18 game win streak. Remember, the Dolphins won back to back Superbowls in '72 and '73 (and lost in the '71 Superbowl to the Cowboys)......so the Dolphins were the defending Superbowl champions coming into this AFC Championship game with the Raiders...following the Dolphins perfect 17-0 season in '72.